Ihor Pavlyuk (sometimes spelled as Ihor Pawlyuk, Igor Pavlyk, Igor Pavluk, Ihor Pavliuk; Ukrainian: І́гор Зино́війович Павлю́к, Russian: Игорь Зиновьевич Павлюк, born 1 January 1967 in Rozhysche Raion, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian writer, translator and research worker. Named People's Poet of Ukraine in 2020.
Honored Worker of Arts of Ukraine (2026)."Volyn native Ihor Pavlyuk awarded the honorary title 'Honored Worker of Arts of Ukraine'" (in Ukrainian).
He is the winner of a 2013 English PEN Award, and the winner of the Switzerland Literary Prize 2021.Switzerland Literary PrizeSwitzerland Literary Prize: tutto pronto per la premiazione del 25 settembre 2021. He also holds a doctorate in Social Communication, professor.Науковцям Університету присвоєно вчені звання
Ihor Pavlyuk is a member of the English PEN and member of the European Society of Authors, Honorary Chancellor of the National Federation of State Poetry Societies (NFSPS) in the USA NATIONAL FEDERATION OF STATE POETRY SOCIETIES,INC.
Life and career Ihor Pavlyuk was born in the Volyn region on January 1, 1967. His mother died ten days after giving birth to him. He was raised by his grandfather and grandmother on his mother's side, both of whom were migrant peasants (Operation Vistula) from the Helm region (now Poland). Ihor Pavlyuk's family on his father's side, also from Volyn, was repressed for participating in the national liberation struggle, sent to a special settlement at Kiselyovsk in 1947 and rehabilitated in 1991.Ігор Павлюк: «Шкода, що моя вітчизна − не вітчизна моїх дітей»Ігор Павлюк: «Був я таким собі другом Мауглі − Івасиком Телесиком...»
He studied at the Saint Petersburg military engineering-technical university, which he left to pursue his career as a writer. As a result he was sentenced to a period of hard labour in the Taiga (Zabaykal'skiy region) but continued to write as best he could, driven by a nostalgia for his Ukrainian homeland, until he was freed when the Soviet Union fell.
In 1992, Ihor Pavlyuk graduated with honours from the Department of Journalism at Lviv University.,100 Notable alumni of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv and worked as a correspondent for religious press and radio in Lviv. He has participated in various international literary festivals, including Estonia, Georgia, Russia, Belarus, Germany, Italy, the United States, Poland, Turkey, Ireland, Pakistan, England, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Austria.
Ihor Pavlyuk is presently a Leading Researcher at the Taras Shevchenko Institute of Literature of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Kyiv,Ihor Pavlyuk Professor of Ukrainian media at the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv,Ihor Pavlyuk a member of the editorial boards of literary, art and scientific magazines: "Золота пектораль",Золота пектораль. Редколегія "Дзвін", "Українська літературна газета",Українська літературна газета. Редколегія "Вісник Львівського університету".Вісник Львівського університету. Редакційна колегія
Works of Ihor Pavlyuk have been translated into Russian, Belarusian, Polish, English, French, Chinese, Latvian, Bulgarian, Japanese, Italian,CLARINETTI SOLARI, Antologia della poesia ucraina and other languages and published in such magazines as "Acumen", "The Apple Valley Review" (Volume 7, Number 2 (Fall 2012),Horses in Masks "Muddy River Poetry Review", "Asymptote",Mussel "Gold Dust" (Issue 23), "The Adirondack Review", "The Recusant",Ihor Pavlyuk. From Polissya "Metamorphoses", "Eurasia Review", "The world poets quarterly", "The Guardian",Poem of the week: The Bread of Childhood by Ihor Pavlyuk "Critical Muslim" (2022),Five Poems "Spillwords press" (2023),Well "Of Poets & Poetry" (2023),Ukrainian Poet Ihor Pavlyuk. Joe Cavanaugh chats with celebrated poet Ihor Pavlyuk about poetry and the UkraineOf Poets & Poetry: A Publication of the Florida State Poets Association Paperback – 12 Jan. 2025 Chinese magazines "Fleurs des lettres", «Foreign literature and art (外國文學藝術)»,第一章 冈瓦那村 1. 与魔鬼神秘相遇 journal of Ukrainian poetry in English, Hindi and Ukrainian language “Uyava Chronicle” (A Trilingual Journal of Ukrainian Poetry),Ihor Pavlyuk. We, a Poem by Ihor Pavlyuk. Translated from Ukrainian into English and Hindi by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis «Sunflowers Rising: Poems For Peace Anthology»Poets for Peace — Sunflowers Rising: Poems For Peace Anthology and many others.
Ihor Pavlyuk is the protagonist of the film "Between Bug and God"Ihor Pavlyuk: "Between Bug and God" and film "Voice".Film about Ukrainian poet Ihor Pavlyuk
The work of Ihor Pavlyuk is included in the official school curriculum with Ukrainian literature.Ukrainian literature. Reprint. 8th grade
Ihor Pavlyuk is engaged in charitable activities.Poets from the USA extended a helping hand to orphans of Lutsk: a story of kindness and supportIhor Pavlyuk's speech at a charity event (fundraising for Ukrainian orphans)
The book of Ihor Pavlyuk "A Flight over the Black Sea" became the winning book within Writers in Translation competition by English PEN club.The best of the World Bookshelf Academia.edu has included book "A Flight over the Black Sea" in the authoritative list “The Greatest Great Books List Ever”.
On 9 June 2024, Ihor Pavlyuk spoke at the National Federation of State Poetry Societies of the United States of America.NATIONAL FEDERATION OF STATE POETRY SOCIETIES. Poets for Peace and in 2025 he became co-editor and author of the foreword to its international poetry anthology "Sunflowers Rising": Peace Poems Anthology: by Poets for Peace", the proceeds of which go to help orphaned children.Poets for Peace — Sunflowers Rising: Poems For Peace AnthologyPoets for PeaceТеплі серця без кордонів: поет Ігор Павлюк передав допомогу дітям з притулку від американських друзів.
Ihor Pavlyuk is married. His wife Lyudmyla Pavlyuk (Ukrainian: Павлюк Людмила СтепанівнаПавлюк Людмила Степанівна is Associate Professor at Department of Journalism of Lviv University.Lyudmyla Pavlyuk. Former Fulbright-Kennan Research Scholar; Associate Professor, Department of Journalism, Ivan Franko Lviv National University, Ukraine. Kennan Cable No. 79: Russia is Looting Ukraine’s Breadbasket… Again They have two daughters and a grandson.
Selected publications (books)
Poetry Islands of youth (Острови юності), 1990, Not this of place wind (Нетутешній вітер), 1993, Voice of daily Moon (Голос денного Місяця), 1994, Glass tavern (Скляна корчма), 1995, Allergy to eternity (Babylonia) (Алергія на вічність), 1999, Disaster (Стихія), 2002, Masculine fortunetelling (Чоловіче ворожіння), 2002, The angel (or) English language? (poems by Ihor Pavlyuk in English), 2004, Magma (Магма), 2005, Rebellion (Бунт), 2006, The Tuning Fork (Камертон), 2007, Lyrics (Лірика), 2008, Ukraine at smoke (Україна в диму), 2009, Stratosphere (Стратосфера), 2010, Catching Gossamers (New York City) (Ловлячи осінні павутинки, Ловя осенние паутинки), 2011, Confessions of the last sorcerer (Saint Petersburg) (Исповедь последнего волхва, Сповідь останнього волхва) (poems by Ihor Pavlyuk in Russian), 2012, Masculine fortunetelling (Lublin) (Męskie wróżby (poems by Ihor Pavlyuk in Polish. Translator Tadej Karabovich), 2013, Teamster (Kyiv), (Погонич), 2014, Погонщик (poems by modern Russian poet Yevgeny Chigrin in Ukrainian. Translator Ihor Pavlyuk. Forewords by Yevgeny Rein, Ihor Pavlyuk), A Flight over the Black Sea (London, Waterloo Press), (Політ над Чорним морем), 2014 (poems by Ihor Pavlyuk in English. Translated from Ukrainian by Stephen Komarnyckyj, foreword to a book written recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature Mo Yan and Naomi Foyle, Steve Komarnyckyj, Dmytro Drozdovskyi),Ihor Pavlyuk. A Flight Over the Black Sea (2014) Game and Battle (Гра і битва), 2014, Magma of Polissya (Magma polésien: poèmes / Traduction française par Dmytro Tchystiak et Athanase Vantchev de Thracy. Rouen, Christophe Chmomant éditeur, 2015.). (The book of poetry in French, Rouen), The Pilgrim: A verse novel (Паломник: Роман-медитація у віршах), 2018.Ihor Pavlyuk. The Pilgrim (Ukrainian Edition) Crack (Kyiv) (Трещина, Тріщина) (poems by Ihor Pavlyuk in Russian), 2019, Salt (English Edition): Selected Poems (New York, 2019) (Сіль) (poems by Ihor Pavlyuk in English), Carrier of dreams (Перевізник мрій), 2019, Black flax (Чорний льон), 2019, Arthania: Selected Poems (United States, Dorrance Publishing Company), (Arthania), 2020 (poems by Ihor Pavlyuk in English. Translated from Ukrainian by Yurii Lazirko, editors: Hilary Sheers, Hanna Kosiv.Ihor Pavlyuk. Arthania: Selected poemsArthania: Selected Poems - eBookIhor Pavlyuk. Arthania: Selected poemsIhor Pavlyuk. Arthania: Selected poems The painting «The Sun» by Andrei Kotzyk was used to illustrate the cover of this book. Foreword to a book written recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature Mo Yan,Mo Yan. Ihor Pavlyuk's literature is not just for fun Spas (The Saviour): a book of spiritual lyrics (Спас: книга духовної лірики), 2021, Cossack Mamay Dance: Poems of 2017-2022 (Танець Мамая: Вірші 2017—2022 років), 2023,Ігор Павлюк. Танець Мамая Turf: Lyrics (Торф: Лірика), 2025,Ігор Павлюк. Торф Kalpna Singh-Chitnis (Калпна Сінг-Чітніс). Bare Soul (Оголена Душа): Poems/ Translator – Ihor Pavlyuk (Ігор Павлюк). Language: English and Ukrainian. Editor – Matvii Smirnov (Матвій Смирнов). – USA: River Paw Press, 2026. – 200 p.Bare Soul: Оголена Душа,Soul: Оголена Душа
Prose Biography of the tree of tribe of poets (Біографія дерева племені поетів), 2003, Forbidden Bloom (Заборонений цвіт), 2007, Out of Range (Поза зоною), 2012, Cultivation of Diamonds (Вирощування алмазів), 2016Вирощування алмазів, Mesozoic (Мезозой), 2018, The Bug (Буг), 2020, Vacuum (Вакуум), 2022, Unity with God. Notes of the poet Ihor Pavlyuk: The first book (Богоєднання. Записки поета Ігоря Павлюка: Книга перша), 2023,Богоєднання. Записки поета Ігоря Павлюка: Книга перша Unity with God. Notes of the poet Ihor Pavlyuk: The second book (Богоєднання. Записки поета Ігоря Павлюка: Книга друга), 2024,Богоєднання. Записки поета Ігоря Павлюка: Книга друга, «Cultivating diamods: Novel and poems. – USA: Buster Bodhi Press, LLC, 2026. – 154 p.»Ihor Pavlyuk. Cultivating Diamonds,Cultivating diamonds: metaphysics, war, and the cost of genius, «Pavlyuk Ihor. Written Under Fire: A Ukrainian Poet's Diary. — USA: Buster Bodhi Press, 2026. — 324 p.»Written Under Fire: A Ukrainian Poet's Diary Paperback — May 11, 2026 by Ihor Pavlyuk (Author), «Pavlyuk Ihor. Mesozoic: A Novel. — Kyiv: Oleh Fedorov Printing House, 2026. — 256 p.»Ihor Pavlyuk. Mesozoic, Unity with God. Notes of the poet Ihor Pavlyuk: The second book (Богоєднання. Записки поета Ігоря Павлюка: Книга третя), 2026,Павлюк Ігор,
Drama The Medium. History of Ukraine in dramatic poem (Бут. Історія України у драматичних поемах), 2024, Hunger and Love. Poetic Dramaturgy (Голод і любов. Поетична драматургія), 2026,
Monographs Writer – Power – Press: historical and typological analysis (Митець – Влада – Преса: історико-типологічний аналіз), 1997, Diagnostics and prognosis of lie: digressions in the theory of communication (Діагностика і прогностика брехні: екскурси в теорію комунікації), 2003, There are writers in a press (Письменники у пресі), 2010, Intimate breath of the era. Articles, reviews, interviews (1994—2010). — Volume 1. (Library of the magazine "Golden Pectoral") (Інтимне дихання епохи. Статті, рецензії, інтерв'ю (1994—2010 рр.). — Том 1.), 2017, . Intimate breath of the era. Articles, reviews, interviews (2010—2015). — Volume 2. (Library of the magazine "Golden Pectoral") (Інтимне дихання епохи. Статті, рецензії, інтерв'ю (2010—2015 рр.). — Том 2.), 2017, . Intimate breath of the era. Articles, reviews, interviews (1997—2017). — Volume 3. (Library of the magazine "Golden Pectoral") (Інтимне дихання епохи. Статті, рецензії, інтерв'ю (1997—2017 рр.). — Том 3.), 2017, .